250 ELEMENTS OF ORNITHOLOGY. 
Weka Rail* (Ocydromus) and a species of the remarkable 
Water-hen genus Notornis lately mentioned (NV. Mantelli) 7 are 
also very noteworthy peculiar forms, as is also the Parson-bird 
(Prosthemadera nove zelandie) and the Huia-bird (Heteralocha) t. 
The interesting genus of Parrots—estor—is also peculiar to 
the Island, except the species already mentioned as inhabiting 
Phillip Island. It is one of those—the Kea Parrot (NV. nota- 
bilis)—which is so destructive to sheep, as we have already 
stated §. A genus of Ducks (Vesonetta) is said to be peculiar to 
the Auckland Islands. 
= P63: t LZ. c. Almost if not quite extinct now. 
t See ante, p. 95. § See ante, p. 73. 
